exfoliate
verb (used with object)
to throw off in scales, splinters, etc.
had exfoliated
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past perfectof exfoliate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Having debuted during the first few months of the Giuliani administration, the show keeps things dingy and menacing way past the point at which the city itself had exfoliated its grimier layers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
